SRC-JFA H.B. 1908 75(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 1908
By: Siebert (Wentworth)
State Affairs
5-6-97
Engrossed


DIGEST 

Currently, in order to help potential home buyers locate a new
subdivision, builders and developers often place "directional signs" in
the right-of-way of a public road.  Chapter 216, Local Government Code,
gives a municipality the authority to regulate the placement of these
signs within its corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction.  The
City of San Antonio does not regulate these signs because the city is of
the opinion that Section 393.002, Transportation Code, does not authorize
municipalities to do so.  Section 392.002, Transportation Code, prohibits
a person from placing a sign on the right-of-way of a public road unless
the placement is authorized by state law.  This bill would clarify that
Section 392.002, Transportation Code, only applies to state public roads.  
 
PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 1908 clarifies that Section 392.002, Transportation
Code, only applies to signs placed on the right-of-way of a state public
road.    

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 393.002, Transportation Code, to prohibit a
person from placing a sign on the right-of-way of a state public road
unless the placement is authorized by state law.  

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1997.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.